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new york loves boston. not only that, but tonight the new york yankees will be playing the traditional red sox song just this afternoon the yankees posted this photo on their twitter feed. there you see united we stand. i think it's safe to say any goal of dividing us has failed, and it's failed miserably. someone is always in our war room. check us out at current.com current.com/"the war room." thanks for joining us here in "the war room." "the young turks" is next with cenk uygur. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ theme ♪ >> we are one community and we will not let terror take us
new york loves boston. not only that, but tonight the new york yankees will be playing the traditional red sox song just this afternoon the yankees posted this photo on their twitter feed. there you see united we stand. i think it's safe to say any goal of dividing us has failed, and it's failed miserably. someone is always in our war room. check us out at current.com current.com/"the war room." thanks for joining us here in "the war room." "the young turks" is...
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be a day of celebration and joy in boston, but cheer turned to chaos at the finish line of the boston marathon when two explosions killed at least two chemoand wounded more than two dozen. here is the scene captured by a boston globe photographer at the race's finish line. [ explosion ] [ screaming ] [ explosion ] [ screaming ] >> something's -- ed up over here. hey! there are going to be people hurt! there are going to be people hurtt! >> we need help! we need help! >> come on. >> which just had an attack. >> michael: there you saw up close the horror that hand. here is what we know what right now. the explosions occurred at 2:50 pm eastern time, well after the racer's top runners had finished the marathon. police chief ed davis said there were no threats or warnings. here is one early reaction from a man who's father was injured in the explosion. >> there was police there, you know pretty quick. i don't know about medical personnel, but i'm sure trying to get through the whole crowd to get there, you know -- it's horrible and i would probably say stuff i couldn't say right now. >> m
be a day of celebration and joy in boston, but cheer turned to chaos at the finish line of the boston marathon when two explosions killed at least two chemoand wounded more than two dozen. here is the scene captured by a boston globe photographer at the race's finish line. [ explosion ] [ screaming ] [ explosion ] [ screaming ] >> something's -- ed up over here. hey! there are going to be people hurt! there are going to be people hurtt! >> we need help! we need help! >> come...
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joining me now is "boston globe" reporter scot lehigh. he comes to us from boston. scot thanks for joining us here in "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> michael: you work for the "boston globe." there has been a furry of news coming out of your city but what has it been like in the news room as the papers covered this story? can you give us a sense of what the feel has been? >> there's a lot of energy. i work at the state house so i'm really all over the city in some way. there's a lot of energy intensity, grief mourning how could this happen? a lot of curiosity and desire for answer about -- about whether there were security lapses and for some desire i think for some kind of greater look into that -- the security plans here. so the whole -- the whole gambit of motions today obviously with -- with the funeral for sean callier it was a hugely emotional day. i think the community in general feels pretty good about the way it has responded, kind of proud of itself, so it really has been a big gambit of emotion. >> michael: yeah, i think the country is pret
joining me now is "boston globe" reporter scot lehigh. he comes to us from boston. scot thanks for joining us here in "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> michael: you work for the "boston globe." there has been a furry of news coming out of your city but what has it been like in the news room as the papers covered this story? can you give us a sense of what the feel has been? >> there's a lot of energy. i work at the state house so i'm...
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we'll check in with scott lehi from "the boston globe." we'll head down to north carolina where the civil rights activists from yesterday are being called off the bench to right some of today's wrongs. and an ad with teeth and one that doesn't pull any punches. when you're going up against the nra that's the type the hard ball you need to be playing. we'll talk guns in america right after this. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries...
we'll check in with scott lehi from "the boston globe." we'll head down to north carolina where the civil rights activists from yesterday are being called off the bench to right some of today's wrongs. and an ad with teeth and one that doesn't pull any punches. when you're going up against the nra that's the type the hard ball you need to be playing. we'll talk guns in america right after this. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high....
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dzhokhar tsarnaev is at boston's hospital. he is on vaent late for and handcuffed to his hospital bed so he won't be able to pull his breathing tube out. he has injuries to his head neck legs and hand. he can't speak because of the neck wounds and may have also sustained hearing loss from the flash bang grenades authorities used. but he is providing written answers where necessary. they are asking whether anyone was helping he or his brother commit these crimes and whether there are anymore undetonated bombs. it is likely they did have plans to carry out more attacks based on the remaining sarsal of weapons. >> the two suspects were armed with handguns at the seen of the shootout and there were more explosive devices. i believe that the only reason that someone would have those in their possession was to further attack people and cause more -- more death and destruction. >> michael: and just how much death and destruction the suspects meant to cause will be part of the government's case against tsarnaev. today the white house
dzhokhar tsarnaev is at boston's hospital. he is on vaent late for and handcuffed to his hospital bed so he won't be able to pull his breathing tube out. he has injuries to his head neck legs and hand. he can't speak because of the neck wounds and may have also sustained hearing loss from the flash bang grenades authorities used. but he is providing written answers where necessary. they are asking whether anyone was helping he or his brother commit these crimes and whether there are anymore...
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boston--he's kind of back and forth. yesterday when he was expressing his bitterness in the senate, he's trying to leverage botch. he's looking for his opportunity. he's waiting for the liberal pundits to do it before he does it but he's looking to leverage boston in the gun patrol debates. this guy is shameless. he'll do and same anything. >> michael: he's dealing with people--people according to the white house, and according to others who have reached out to the white house themselves. the same people u a subset of that group was taken by the nra to their press conferences as well. this is a national tragedy jack. the president is the head of the nation whether you like it or not. it's not a prop. he's saying, listen, look at what is happening to our families. show us a family who is hurt by it. reagan was a master at doing it. it's what the president is entitled to and does do. was it a prop when george w. bush put his arm around him at the foot of the world trade center. i don't think it was a prop. >> sure it was a
boston--he's kind of back and forth. yesterday when he was expressing his bitterness in the senate, he's trying to leverage botch. he's looking for his opportunity. he's waiting for the liberal pundits to do it before he does it but he's looking to leverage boston in the gun patrol debates. this guy is shameless. he'll do and same anything. >> michael: he's dealing with people--people according to the white house, and according to others who have reached out to the white house themselves....
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apparently at least to some boston was not one of those events. i'm michael shure. you are in the war room. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: now let's get straight to the latest from boston. dhokhar tsarnaev admitted that he and his brother detonated the bomb and they shot the police officers. and he he said, tamerlan said quote, we just killed a cop don't mess with us. he not only confessed but answered questions of how they carried out the attack. they learned how to make the bombs from an online magazine published by al-qaeda. they did it because they had recently became deeply religious and opposed u.s. involvement with iraq and afghanistan: the 24-year-old told authorities that she saw her husband on thursday just hours before he died in a gun battle with police but she said she had no idea that he had committed the bombings or was planning more attacks. today her lawyer said this brief statement. >> as a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, she deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims students, law enforcement officers families, and our community. >>
apparently at least to some boston was not one of those events. i'm michael shure. you are in the war room. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: now let's get straight to the latest from boston. dhokhar tsarnaev admitted that he and his brother detonated the bomb and they shot the police officers. and he he said, tamerlan said quote, we just killed a cop don't mess with us. he not only confessed but answered questions of how they carried out the attack. they learned how to make the bombs from an...
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boston celtics roach, doc rivers said today . . . but in fact, while the sports world was ahead on racial integration at the time of robinson, on this issue, it seems like in this case, society might be ahead of sports. why is that? >> largely because -- again, we're talking about leadership from the top, a large number of public figures, ellen deagainries, martina navratilova, gay lifestyles and acknowledging publicly that one is attracted to people of the same sex is not such a big deal anymore. the only sticking point is on the right, and on people who happen to believe that religion plays a role in how this should be shaped. my reading of the bible instructs us to love one another, but to have this notion that the bible declaires homosexuality as a sin that can never be constructed, they deserve every bit as much love and every bit as much acceptance as the rest of us do because they would give it in return in large measure. what doc rivers is saying counter balances what the miami dolphins player said. >> michael: yeah, that's a
boston celtics roach, doc rivers said today . . . but in fact, while the sports world was ahead on racial integration at the time of robinson, on this issue, it seems like in this case, society might be ahead of sports. why is that? >> largely because -- again, we're talking about leadership from the top, a large number of public figures, ellen deagainries, martina navratilova, gay lifestyles and acknowledging publicly that one is attracted to people of the same sex is not such a big deal...
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no, i don't think so, in terms of what happened in boston. when you get into it to the extent that chechens are upset they're more upset with what the russians did to them, and obviously, from what we know they're saying they're not happy with what we did in afghanistan and iraq, i'm reminded much of what don rumsfeld said. you kill one terrorist and you create six more. this is a rollback particularly with iraq. >> we heard that with a yemeni testifying yes where these drone strikes created more anger with the u.s. than existed before the drone strikes. you painted different countries being involved and having interest there. do you see the president building a coalition and with your expertise, what do you think is going to happen? >> i think it becomes pretty clear. say the u.n. can't get in there but a foreign intelligence community gets better evidence, i think what you will see probably is a no-fly zone over certainlycertain protected areas rather than you know, us getting involved in the country. and then i think it will probably try t
no, i don't think so, in terms of what happened in boston. when you get into it to the extent that chechens are upset they're more upset with what the russians did to them, and obviously, from what we know they're saying they're not happy with what we did in afghanistan and iraq, i'm reminded much of what don rumsfeld said. you kill one terrorist and you create six more. this is a rollback particularly with iraq. >> we heard that with a yemeni testifying yes where these drone strikes...
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but what a ride with in terms of the boston bombing. ladies and gentlemen, we got
but what a ride with in terms of the boston bombing. ladies and gentlemen, we got